how many cats do you have? How many Dogs?

[scuba0095]

Hello

Just curious how many cats & dogs you all have and weather they are indoor outdoor animals?
For those of you more then 2 do you think its totally worth it ?

[Prin]

I have two doggies (both indoor and on the sofa). I would like a third, but when I doggy sit, that idea tends to cool for a while... I think two doggies fit me just right.

[rainbow]

I have two cats and two dogs....mostly indoors. And, yes, it's more than totally worth it.

[jesse's mommy]

I have one dog, lots of fish, and a man that requires more attention than a two year old. He's kind of like my second dog. Does that count?

[Jackie467]

I have two dogs and a cat. I think it's totally worth it. I want another and when I get my new house I'll be getting one. I think how well behaved your animals are and how much attention and exercise they need determines how many you can have at one time (of course money restrains as well). My dogs are very well behaved and pretty much coach potatoes so to have another wouldn't be too much more difficult. Now if I had dogs that required a lot of attention, exercise, or a ton of attention that may be another story.

[we3beagles]

I have 3 of my own and usually a foster dog. While I thought 2 was enough and really enjoyed them, when Soozie came along and I had the task of driving her to Edmonton to her "forever home", I looked in her eyes and saw resentment and rebellion. I said to my hubby I could totally adopt this dog. She reminds me of me. When they gave her back we fostered her and went through hell. She peed all over our bed at least once a week, hated other dogs that came into the house and didn't appear to even know her own name. We found her another "forever home" and made them fully aware they had a long road ahead of them. They were "experienced Beagle people" and claimed to know what they were doing. We were happy with this family and signed the forms. 1 week later they called to say she was missing. She just took off from the deck. Well duh. They didn't have a fence and we told them she was not an off leash dog as most beagles aren't. I drove around for 6 hours looking for her while they gave up after 1. Finally I got a call back from animal services saying they had a 1 year old female beagle picked up in the general area, but they were closed so I couldn't even make sure it was here. After a very sleepless night we got there just as they were opening and confirmed they had a very wet, very miserable Soozie. We couldn't take her home though as she wasn't ours. We called and got the family out of bed to come get her. A week later they called to say "it wasn't working out". We went to pick her up and again I could see the rejection was killing her. NO MORE I said to DH and he exhuberantly agreed - he secretly always wanted 3. So we ended up having 3 before we had a finished yard. I don't recommend that. Taking 3 beagles out 5 times a day on a leash is very trying in -30 degree weather and in the rain. Especially when you have one very stubborn beagle hell bent on hating the world. Incidentally, it has taken 1 year to get Soozie to trust me completely and become the most loving, snuggliest, wonderful, surprising little girl ever. I am soooo glad to have 3. Especially after we finished the yard. Peice of cake. In fact (and I am not a hoarder), but Polly on the website looks like she would be no trouble and I would love to give her a great few final years. She is totally deaf, but that really is not a deterrant. If she is in a good home fostering and they love her I don't want her disturbed, but she looks soooo sweet. We'll see.

[jiorji]

2 cats
1 guinea pig

...several fruit flies

[jawert1]

2 dogs and 5 fish (and one happens to be a recent rescue!) and totally worth it in all aspects

[cpietra16]

One Dog, and 7 cats...use to have 3 with 2 foster and just added another 2....so this is where I need to draw the line...until a bigger house

[glasslass]

2 neutered doggie kids, a tweety sweetie, and a pond of goldfish.

[dtbmnec]

2 (demonic) kittens....Pawz and Leo both about three months old now....

Pawz is the emotionally/clingy one while Leo is the crazy/Hammy-from-Over-the-Hedge one. Pawz is very stubborn when it comes to medicine (we're working on Plan F now....A through E were failures) and Leo is psychotic at the vet's.

Megan

P.S. We also have an army of flies in the house (our A/C unit doesn't fit properly) and so we use teh cats and the fly-swatter to kill them

[LibbyP]

Well let me see my numbers are dwindling as all my pets were / are seniors for the most part other then the new ones. Before moving into our current home we had 4 (Muffin,Jasmine,Friday,Nicholas) cats and 2 (Hoover,Carly)dogs all indoor cats, plus some fosters. Moving into this home we had 2 (Jasmine,Nicholas)cats, 2 (Hoover,Carly) dogs. Living here for 3 years now we still have 2 (Ruby,Max) cats, 2(Hoover,Libby) dogs. My hubby and I have agreed that we will always have cats, and at least one dog(maybe 2 if I get my way ) One thing I have noticed is that when you get acouple animals that are close in age at the same time they seem to leave us at around the same time as well sweet so I think it is better to have different ages in the home

[Boubou]

3 dogs: Ginger, Nelly and Petunia

7 cats: Marmie, Wally, Baby, Mimi, Cali, Chin-Chin, and Moo

2 lizards: Spitfire, our bearded dragon and Spike, our leopard gecko

and an occasional foster here and there.........

[greaterdane]

I have 6 dogs...yes 6

2 great danes

3 chihuahuas

1 shep/husky mix


oh and a naked little man named Pickle...He is a totally bald Sphynx kitten

All indoors where they belong And yes...It is sooooo worth it

[Cinnabear]

I have 2 dogs, 2 cats, 1 kitten and 1 mouse. All indoors animals. We had 3 dogs, but it wasn't working out. I would only have 2 dogs as the maximum in our family. Cats are quite easy to have.:love:

[Shaykeija]

A Shih Tzu names Tyra
A terrible ( Terri) poo named Missie
A Tuxedo cat named Piper
2 Beta fish named Tuna and Finn

[huskypup]

2 huskies - Mia and Lucca
4 cats - Lucy,Millie,Suzy and Albie.

Totally worth it, ask me again, next summer when they all start shedding there fur at the same time and I think you will get a different answer - not really, all loving in their own ways.

Dogs - indoors, cats come and go as they please, though they are usually all in doors or only in our front garden.

[OntarioGreys]

I have 3 dogs(2 greyhound 1 eskie) and 2 cats all indoor pets, if the city would allow I would add 2 more greyhounds

Of course the type of dog makes a big difference a dozen retired greyhounds are less of a handful than one hyped up lab or pitty, even when I had 4 greyhounds(fostering) they where a lot calmer all combined than my 1 eskie

[Stacer]

We've got 2 pretty kitties, Angus and Finn. We plan on having a couple dogs when we get a house. And I would like to foster cats when we have more space since the man won't let me have more, I figure if we foster then it's inevitable that some of the cats won't find homes so we'll have to keep them

[Scott_B]

3 cats. Daisy, Duke and Rudiger.
1 Dog, Rosco.

All in door animals. I do let the dog out though

[marko]

I've posted these before, but it's been a while.

We have 2 cats - Ziglet and Zak.

Here's a pic of zig

[marko]

Here's a pic of Zak

[scuba0095]

wow beautiful cats which one is the boss? zack or ziglet? zack seems like a big boy~!

[Brat]

1 dog (husky/german shepherd)
3 cats

2 goldfish

[Kristin7]

1 Aussie/Chow mix
2 cats

I may get another dog someday when this one gets older (he's a pup). would love more cats, but one of my cats does not seem to be cat friendly. She is very jealous and likes to hog my attention, but is ok with the dog. Yes, totally worth it!!!

[jessi76]

2 cats and 1 dog. all are primarily indoor animals. The cats do venture outside, but only for a limited time, and only when I'm home to supervise. The dog obviously goes out to play, run, do his business, but is never left outside for any length of time unsupervised.

it's enough for now. If my work schedule and my bank account allowed for more, I'd certainly have them. I can't imagine my life or my house without those in it now... they are more than worth it.

[erykah1310]

3 dogs Meiko, Nikita, Puppy
6 Cats- Mr. Floyd, Fuzzer Muffin, Oliver, Mia, Larry and now Moxy
( temporarily)
7 Rabbits ( 4 of which are fosters)
And a bunch of fish.

All WORTH EVERY HAIR THAT FALLS FROM THEIR BODIES!!!!

[AliSam]

1 cat, 1 dog and 1 turtle. They are all indoor creatures except that the cat likes to try and sneak out whenever possible.

[mama samoan]

In the canine department we have Dolly a 13 year old Peke, Phoebe a 6 year old Lab mix, and Meetu a 6 pound, 3 year old Chi. Meetu doubles as our watch dog. She was born here when we fostered her mother who was seized in a puppy mill raid. Another one of our fosters, a brown tabby kitten who arrived when he was around 3 days old is proudly owned by our daughter who still lives at home. Right now we are fostering 9 kittens who came when they where around 21/2 to 3 weeks old. They are now just about ready to find forever homes. And finally we have a new litter of 6 kittens that where born last Tues. Some of them have an eye open. I should mention that the brown tabby is Molson and he got his name because he arrived here in a Molson 6 pack carton.

[Kerrye]

I have two cats Wendy a rescue kitty approx 11yrs old - real little sweatheard. Precious a rescue kitty - he is approx 4and 1/2 - part main coon and is a very big boy. He has the great main coon temperment. One rescue puppy Mikey - approx 4-5 yrs old - he looks like he might be part poodle and schnauser. He is a perfect little guy. I thought about taking in another resuce dog but I dog sit a shipoo but Mikey is very jealous.